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Bill Richardson on the presidential election: “I’ve never seen anything like it”

NewsTaco February 26, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Bill Richardson laughs when you ask him what he thinks about the presidential election. It’s not a loud boisterous laugh, it’s more a surprised chuckle. And there’s more […]

Why do the networks think Latinos only care about one issue?

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Meet the woman who hopes to become the first Latina from Texas in congress

NewsTaco February 25, 2016

No Trump – you are not “number one with Hispanics” in Nevada

NewsTaco February 24, 2016

*The fascinating, yet scary thing about elections is how an adept candidate can conjure alternate realities that voters who don’t know better easily accept as truth. So no, Trump didn’t […]

Clinton and Sanders campaigns squabble over Hispanic voters

NewsTaco February 22, 2016

*If you’re keeping score, this is how it stands: Hillary won Nevada, Bernie says that’s cool because he won the Nevada Latinos (exit polling says so), but Hillary’s pollsters say […]

Could Surname Be Key in Texas GOP Supreme Court Race?

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*Ross Ramsey makes a good case for a Texas GOP aversion to Spanish surnamed down ballot candidates. In this case, a Latina incumbent State Supreme Court candidate, endorsed by Sen. […]

Neither side was quite right on that Dolores Huerta ‘English-only’ shout-down

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*Perspective, gente. . . This is a needless squabble, it accomplishes nothing. On the other hand, there’s nothing like a good political spat to get the partisan blood boiling, the […]